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Adam de la Halle. See La Halle. Adam of Bremen. Died at Bremen about 1076. A German ecclesiastical historian, author of a history of the diocese of Hamburg Adam Kadmon (ad'am kad'mon). [Heb., 'the and Bremen for the period 788-1072 (Copenhagen, 1579): the chief authority for Scand in avian church history during this period. Adam of Murimuth. Born about 1286: died 1370. An English chronicler, amba ador to Rome 1323, canon of Here ford, and vice-general to the archbishop of Canterbury 1325. "His chronicle extends as an original record over the forty years from 1306 to 1346. The continuation extends to the year 1380." Morley , Eng. Writers, IV. 251. Adam of Orlton. Born at Here ford, England: died at Farnham, England, July 18, 1345. An English prelate, made bishop of Here ford in Worcester in 1327, and of Winchester in 1333. He took the part of the barons against Edward II., was tried by Parliament for treason as an adherent of Mortimer (the first English bishop, it is said, ever tried before a lay court), and was influential in political affairs during the reign of Edward III. Adam (ä-don'), Adolphe Charles. Born at Paris, July 24, 1803: died at Paris, May 3, 1856. A French composer of comic opera. His best- known work is "Le Post ill on de Longjumeau" (1836). Adam Albrecht Born, at Nördlingen, April 16, 1786: died at Munich, Aug. 28, 1862. A German painter noted especially for his bat tle-pieces and paintings of horses. Adam (ad'am), Alexander. Born near Forres, Scotland, June 24, 1741: died at Edinburgh, Dec. 18, 1809. A Scottish educator, rector of the High School of Edinburgh 1768-1809. He published "Roman Antiquities" (1791), and other works. Adam (a-don'), Mme. Edmond. Born at Verberie, Oise, Oct. 4, 1836. A French journalist, founder (in 1879) and editor of the "Nouvelle Revue," and miscellaneous writer. Among her works are "Garibaldi" (1859), "Récits d'une paysanne" (1862), "Voyage autour d'un grand pin" (1863), "Dans les Alpes" (1867), "Laide" (1878), "La Patrie Hongroise: Souvenirs personnels," etc. She has been twice married, first to M. La Me ine. M. Adam, prefect of police in tian mi ion. Adamello Alps (ä-dä-mel'ō alps). A group of the Alps on the border between Italy and Tyrol, south of the Ortler group. The highest point is about 11,500 feet. Adamites (ad'am-its). A sect which originated in the north of Africa in the 2d century, and pretended to have attained to the primitive innocence of Adam, rejecting marriage and (in their a emblies or "paradises") clothing. This heresy reappeared in the 14th century, in Savoy, and again in the 15th century among the Brethren and Sisters of the Free Spirit, in Germany, Bohemia, and Moravia. It was suppre ed in 1421 on account of the crimes and immoralities of its votaries. When toleration was proclaimed by proscribed. Joseph II., Its in latest 1781, the appearance sect revived, was but during was the promptly insur rection of 1848-49. Adamnan (ad'am-nan), or Adomnan, Saint. Born in Ulster, Ireland, about 625: died at Iona, Scotland, 704. A Celtic ecclesiastic, abbot of Iona; author of "Vita Columbæ" and "De Locis Sanctis," an account of Palestine and other countries. tion (1890), 3,181. Adams, Abraham ("Parson"). In Fielding's novel "Joseph Andrews," a poor curate whose adventures (chiefly ludicrous) in the company of Joseph Andrews and his betrothed, Fanny, constitute a large part of the book. He is a portrait of Fielding's friend Young. His characteristics are given in the following pa age.